Tires ???????

[Bnine]

Siped BFG MT's Expensive winter slicks that wear out faster

Well Bill, I agree with you on all but one point,...I had a set of siped BFG MT's (255x85/16) which had over 100'000km @ around 60%, I gave them to a friend who is still running these on his RubiLJ,...I thought they worked great (Not IROK great) in the winter, just my opinion though...

I've run a set on a cj5, and I dont know if its the light weight of the cj or mebbe not running them low enough, but they were insanely slick. They are 1250's on 10's so the 18lbs for fear of loosing a bead might have contributed to it.

Not to sure.

Considering siping is sposed to accerlerate wear, that 100k is dam impressive. BF's are good for that though.

[RUBI]

OK.....I'm goin with the 285 75R 16 TRXS  MTs. Equivilant to a 33" tall tire.
 :shock:  :oops:   I'm not sure if this is gonna help out with the mileage or not with my OINKER. On average I'm gettin about 380km/ tank, with the low fuel light coming on around 325.
 I guess I never intended to use this for an economiser but ...............

[ornamental]

Considering siping is sposed to accerlerate wear, that 100k is dam impressive. BF's are good for that though.

i thought siping may accellerate chunking but will make the overall tread last longer...  something about the sipes have a cooling effect on the rubber....  something i heard and am not sure about...


ps  you cant go wrong with BFG AT's.   work well with everything and last long,  and you can resale.

ok deep deep mud,  if your into that thing...

[fug]

I'm running 33" Trxus with 3.73 gears and I probably average around 380km to a tank myself.   Not sure if it gets much better than that from what I've heard.

Fug

[B-MAN]

Considering siping is sposed to accerlerate wear, that 100k is dam impressive. BF's are good for that though.

Actually it's quite the opposite, the MT lug wears out faster when they heat up (Hiway etc) and the rubber becomes softer, the larger the lug is the harder it is for it to disipate the heat. When you sipe the lug it allows air into the lug as you are moving and cooling it at the same time. Siping also increases traction on all sufaces including ice, snow, rocks and road...not so much in mud...

I think you are thinking about snow tires, they are siped aswell but are made of a much softer rubber compound which is designed to be used in sub freezing temps..thus using a soft compound, siped winter tire in the summer will accelerate the tires wear.

[B-MAN]

i thought siping may accellerate chunking but will make the overall tread last longer...  

If the siping is not done correctly you will see chunking, I can't remember what the depth ratio is but siping the lug too deep or having the sipes too far apart/together will make it chunk. If you are going to sipe your tires, take them to a shop which has a siping machine (Kal-tire on YellowHead in Edmonton has one) and ask them what ratio they are going to sipe it at?,...If they can't answer you or don't know, take your tires elsewhere...

[Mac13]

I ran 33" Trxus MT's this winter on my YJ and they worked great, I have no complaints.  As far as gas mileage goes, I was getting 350km to a tank with a four banger and 4.11 gears